Hi all! I hope you can advise me (and I hope this is the right place for this). I'm looking into getting a shiny new computer in April and in doing my research I have come up with two possible systems in which the only difference is the motherboard and cpu (they're even very similar in price). Problem is, I'm not sure which to choose. I would be extremely grateful for some (impartial) feedback on my ideas so far. Here they are:
AMD Phenom II X4 940 system
Graphics card (PCIe): MSI R4850-T2D512 x2
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX
Case: Cooltek K2 Midi Tower
Case fans: Arctic-Cooling AF12025 Fan L Box x3
DVD-Burner: LG GH-22LS
Mainboard: Asus M4A79 Deluxe
Hard drive (SATA): Western Digital WD5001AALS 500 GB
RAM: Patriot DIMM 8 GB DDR2-800 Kit
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 system
Graphics card (PCIe): MSI R4850-T2D512 x2
Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo E8500
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX
Case: Cooltek K2 Midi Tower
Case fans: Arctic-Cooling AF12025 Fan L Box x3
DVD-Burner: LG GH-22LS
Mainboard: GigaByte GA-EP45-UD3P
Hard drive (SATA): Western Digital WD5001AALS 500 GB
RAM: Patriot DIMM 8 GB DDR2-800 Kit
Currently, I'm leaning towards the AMD system, but I'm wondering if the Intel system might'nt have better long-term upgradability.
Thank you in advance for any contributions!
AMD Phenom II X4 940 system
Graphics card (PCIe): MSI R4850-T2D512 x2
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX
Case: Cooltek K2 Midi Tower
Case fans: Arctic-Cooling AF12025 Fan L Box x3
DVD-Burner: LG GH-22LS
Mainboard: Asus M4A79 Deluxe
Hard drive (SATA): Western Digital WD5001AALS 500 GB
RAM: Patriot DIMM 8 GB DDR2-800 Kit
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 system
Graphics card (PCIe): MSI R4850-T2D512 x2
Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo E8500
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-620HX
Case: Cooltek K2 Midi Tower
Case fans: Arctic-Cooling AF12025 Fan L Box x3
DVD-Burner: LG GH-22LS
Mainboard: GigaByte GA-EP45-UD3P
Hard drive (SATA): Western Digital WD5001AALS 500 GB
RAM: Patriot DIMM 8 GB DDR2-800 Kit
Currently, I'm leaning towards the AMD system, but I'm wondering if the Intel system might'nt have better long-term upgradability.
Thank you in advance for any contributions!